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BRAIN DAMAGE AND ABNORMAL BEHAVIOUR IN CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Herzberg Brenda,
Herzberg Louis
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb131173.x
Subject(s) - brain damage , neglect , socioeconomic status , psychiatry , behavioural disorders , psychology , brain development , medicine , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , neuroscience , environmental health , population
Behavioural problems in children with suspected brain damage may present considerable diagnostic and management problems. Methods of assessment are still imprecise and minor degrees of brain damage are seldom detectable. Data from clinical studies highlight the interrelationship between environmental and organic factors in the pathogenesis of disturbed behaviour. Children from large families of low socioeconomic status, who are subject to parental neglect, are particularly susceptible to the development of psychiatric disorder in the presence of brain damage.